autistic behavior
An autistic child is characterized by impaired social interaction skills, repetitive behavior and both impaired non-verbal and verbal communication. Children with autism normally show the first signs before three years of age and normally do not have the same interests as other children of their own age. Statistics have shown that one in every [...]
autistic disorder
In 1943, Dr. Leo Kanner first brought the autistic spectrum disorders to the attention of the world. Around the same time, another scientist Dr. Hans Asperger was making a similar discovery about the disorder of Asperger syndrome. We now know that autism and Asperger syndrome both fall into the disorders within the autism spectrum. [...]
Autism is one of only a handful of disorders that parents worry about their children developing before they are even born. Although more and more children are being diagnosed with the autism disorder as more is becoming known about it, very few parents fully understand exactly what autism is. As such, it is important to [...]